News and Updates
ITLC National Rail Car Consortium Holds Annual Meeting
Posted October 2024
ITLC’s National Rail Car Consortium held its annual in-person meeting in Saint Paul, Minnesota, September 9-13, hosted by Metro Transit and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005. Metro Transit’s management team, including Lesley Kandaras, Brian Funk, Ed Meyer, and Ona Pradhan welcomed the attendees on Tuesday morning. ITLC staff, including Addie Khanu, Jason Macumber, and Kristen Ribaudo attended alongside 11 rail car member agencies.
Read more...See You at Making Connections 2024!
Posted October 2024
Transit Workforce Center’s (TWC) Making Connections 2024 (MC24) is just around the corner, with only 39 days left until the start of the event! Don’t miss this opportunity to gain fresh insights, skills, and perspectives on critical transit workforce development topics and connect with a diverse network of transit agencies, unions, nonprofits, government officials, educators, and workforce development organizations.
Read more...ITLC Attends APTA’s Workforce Conference
Posted September 2024
Last month, Senior Workforce Development Advisor Maurice Beard, Technical Assistance and Outreach Associate Alashia Bryant, Executive Director Jack Clark, Senior Policy Analyst Karitsa Holdzkom, and Senior Instructional Designer Kristen Ribaudo attended and hosted an exhibit table at the American Public Transit Association’s Workforce Summit in Washington, D.C.
Read more...ITLC’s Traction Power Training Consortium Meets in Cleveland
Posted September 2024
ITLC’s Traction Power Training Consortium held its latest in-person meeting last month in collaboration with host agency Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) at GCRTA’s Rail Training Facility to discuss rigging practices for traction power.
Read more...TWC Research Team Deliver Presentations at TRB Conference
Posted August 2024
Last month, Research Associates Michaela Boneva and Shayna Gleason and Researcher Douglas Nevins delivered a poster presentation at Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 2nd Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity in Baltimore. The presentation “Public Transportation Workforce Demographics: Exploring National Datasets” provided an overview of several national data sources to understand equity issues in the transit workforce.
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